I don't think the problem is metaphor or analogy - both of these can be persuasive, and both of these can be used to illustrate complex things. The problem is

I don't think the problem is metaphor or analogy - both of these can be persuasive, and both of these can be used to illustrate complex things. The problem is this particular kind of tech-messiah metaphor, assuming that mathematics is the only useful lense, over-simplifying everything and not even understanding what is lost [1]. Metaphors aren't the issue; metaphors crafted by people who don't really understand them are. [1] https://xkcd.com/793/ https://xkcd.com/793/